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Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour
US$800,000 Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam
March 8 - 13, 2016

(25) Theo Brunner/Sean Rosenthal, United States

Theo Brunner
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Mar 17, 1985 (40 yrs old)

Home Town:

Ridgefield, CT

Height:

201 cm (6'7")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$273,162.50

Sean Rosenthal
United States

Photo: FIVB

Personal Info

Birth Date:

Jun 19, 1980 (45 yrs old)

Home Town:

Redondo Beach, CA

Height:

191 cm (6'4")

Weight:

91 kg (200 lb)

Seasons:

Tournaments:

109

Career Wins:

Career Winnings:

US$630,300.00

Awards

Top Rookie 2006
Most Outstanding 2012
Team of the Year 2012 (with Jake Gibb)
Tour Champion 2012 (with Jake Gibb)

Team Career Summary

Tour	Played	1	2	3	4	5	7	9	13	17	25	Money
FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	US$18,200.00

Previous Rio de Janeiro Results Neither player has played in this venue before

Recent Results

Tour	Date	Tournament	Seed	Finish	Points	Money
FIVB	2/23-28/2016	Maceió Open	16	17th	180	US$1,200.00
FIVB	9/22-26/2015	Xiamen Open	5	25th	120	US$800.00
FIVB	8/25-30/2015	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	22	25th	160	US$4,000.00
FIVB	8/18-23/2015	Long Beach Grand Slam	19	17th	240	US$7,000.00

Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam Matches

Date	Bracket	Opponent	Score	Time
Wed, 3/9/2016	Pool H	Ben Saxton / Chaim Schalk, Canada (8)	Lost 19-21, 17-21	0:37
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool H	Clemens Doppler / Alexander Horst, Austria (9)	Won 22-20, 28-26	0:42
Thu, 3/10/2016	Pool H	Youssef Krou / Edouard Rowlandson, France (24)	Lost 22-20, 19-21, 12-15	0:56

Team Finishes By Tournament Type

Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$15,000.00
Challenge/Four Star/Open	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	$3,200.00
Total	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	$18,200.00

Individual Finishes by Tournament Type

Theo Brunner												Sean Rosenthal
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Tournament Type	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											Olympic Games	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	$0.00
4	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	$45,500.00	World Championships	4	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	$23,500.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	$7,500.00	World Tour Finals
39	0	0	2	0	3	13	11	8	0	$141,350.00	Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	64	7	4	2	2	12	11	18	6	0	$471,275.00
46	2	1	0	2	9	11	11	4	0	$70,312.50	Challenge/Four Star/Open	33	3	2	2	1	4	9	5	4	0	$131,075.00
5	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	$8,500.00	Futures/Three Star/Two Star/One Star	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	1	0	$4,450.00
96	3	2	2	5	12	27	23	13	0	$273,162.50	Total	109	10	6	4	3	20	23	26	11	0	$630,300.00

Team Finishes by Season

			Results												Matches
Season	Assoc	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-6th	7-8th	9-12th	13-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Won	Lost	Pct
2015	FIVB	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	$11,800.00	1	9	10.0 %
2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$5,200.00	3	4	42.9 %
Total	FIVB	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	0	$17,000.00	4	13	23.5 %

Individual Finishes by Season

Theo Brunner													Sean Rosenthal
Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)	Season	Association	Played	Gold	Silver	Bronze	4th	5-8th	9-16th	17-24th	25th	Lower	Winnings (US$)
											2003	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	$1,750.00
											2004	FIVB	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	$0.00
											2006	FIVB	6	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	$53,225.00
											2007	FIVB	6	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	0	0	$26,950.00
											2008	FIVB	9	1	0	0	1	3	3	1	0	0	$42,650.00
											2009	FIVB	6	0	0	1	0	0	4	1	0	0	$24,975.00
											2010	FIVB	10	0	0	0	0	4	3	3	0	0	$40,850.00
											2011	FIVB	14	0	1	1	0	3	2	6	1	0	$56,950.00
											2012	FIVB	12	2	2	1	2	3	2	0	0	0	$120,050.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	$1,850.00	2013	FIVB	8	3	0	0	0	1	3	1	0	0	$61,350.00
8	0	0	1	1	2	1	2	0	1	$38,125.00	2014	FIVB	10	3	1	1	0	2	1	2	0	0	$159,000.00
11	0	0	1	1	1	2	2	4	0	$56,087.50	2015	FIVB	8	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	4	0	$22,400.00
2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,600.00	2016	FIVB	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	$2,600.00
23	0	0	2	2	3	3	6	5	2	$98,662.50	Total	Total	93	10	6	4	3	19	22	20	8	1	$612,750.00

Team Match Records

	Won 1st Set								Lost 1st Set								2 Set Matches		3 Set Matches		By Forfeit		All Matches
Season	Won 2-0		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Overall		Won 2-1		Lost 2-1		Lost 2-0		Overall		Overall		Overall		Won	Lost	Overall
Overall	5	50.0%	0	0.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	5-8	38.5%	1-6	14.3%	0	1	6-15	28.6%
2015-2016	5	50.0%	0	0.0%	5	50.0%	5-5	50.0%	1	10.0%	1	10.0%	8	80.0%	1-9	10.0%	5-8	38.5%	1-6	14.3%	0	1	6-15	28.6%
Against the Field	4	50.0%	0	0.0%	4	50.0%	4-4	50.0%	0	0.0%	1	14.3%	6	85.7%	0-7	0.0%	8-10	44.4%	0-10	0.0%	0	1	4-11	26.7%

Team Match Records by Round

	Country Quota		Qualifier		Pool Play		Lucky Loser		Elimination Rounds		Semi-Finals		Bronze Medal		Gold Medal		Overall
Tournament Type	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost	Won	Lost
Elite/Major Series/Five Star/Grand Slam	0	0	0	0	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8
Challenge/Four Star/Open	0	0	0	0	4	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7
Total	0	0	0	0	6	12	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	15

Head to Head Results
Brunner/Rosenthal trail the series against the field 2-11 (Lead 2 Series, Trail 10 Series, 0 Series Tied)

Date	Tour	Tournament	Round	Winning Team	Seed	Losing Team	Seed	Score	Time
Trail the series against # 2 Nummerdor/Varenhorst, Netherlands 0-1
8/20/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Nummerdor/Varenhorst	3	Brunner/Rosenthal	19	13-21, 21-10, 15-9	0:45
Trail the series against # 3 Gibb/Patterson, United States 0-1
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Gibb/Patterson	6	Brunner/Rosenthal	22	19-21, 21-16, 15-7	0:46
Trail the series against # 4 Goncalves/Solberg, Brazil 0-1
2/25/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool A	Goncalves/Solberg	1	Brunner/Rosenthal	16	21-13, 21-12	0:31
Trail the series against # 8 Saxton/Schalk, Canada 0-1
3/9/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Saxton/Schalk	8	Brunner/Rosenthal	25	21-19, 21-17	0:37
Lead the series against # 9 Doppler/Horst, Austria 1-0
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Brunner/Rosenthal	25	Doppler/Horst	9	22-20, 28-26	0:42
Trail the series against # 13 Bockermann/Fluggen, Germany 0-1
8/21/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Winner 1	Bockermann/Fluggen	28, Q6	Brunner/Rosenthal	19	15-21, 21-15, 15-12	0:45
Trail the series against # 16 Lupo/Nicolai, Italy 0-1
8/19/15	FIVB	Long Beach Grand Slam	Pool C	Lupo/Nicolai	14	Brunner/Rosenthal	19	25-23, 16-21, 15-12	0:54
Trail the series against # 18 Rego/Santos, Brazil 0-1
8/27/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Rego/Santos	11	Brunner/Rosenthal	22	21-17, 23-21	0:42
Trail the series against # 23, Q1 Kantor/Losiak, Poland 0-2
2/26/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Winner 1	Kantor/Losiak	15	Brunner/Rosenthal	16	21-15, 21-16	0:31
8/28/15	FIVB	Olsztyn Poland Grand Slam	Pool F	Kantor/Losiak	27	Brunner/Rosenthal	22	By Forfeit
Trail the series against # 24 Krou/Rowlandson, France 0-1
3/10/16	FIVB	Rio de Janeiro Grand Slam	Pool H	Krou/Rowlandson	24	Brunner/Rosenthal	25	20-22, 21-19, 15-12	0:56
Lead the series against # Q4 Plavins/Regza, Latvia 1-0
2/24/16	FIVB	Maceió Open	Pool A	Brunner/Rosenthal	16	Plavins/Regza	17	23-21, 21-13	0:35
Trail the series against # Q12 Koekelkoren/van Walle, Belgium 0-1
9/24/15	FIVB	Xiamen Open	Pool E	Koekelkoren/van Walle	12	Brunner/Rosenthal	5	21-18, 26-24	0:43